Valley Culture Quotes

There's been entrepreneurs working in the Valley for probably 50-60 years. It's not to say that you can't create that in other places, but I think people are a little bit impatient about creating the next Silicon Valley.

There's an oft-used shorthand for the technologist's view of the world. It is assumed that libertarianism dominates Silicon Valley, and that isn't wholly wrong. High-profile devotees of Ayn Rand can be found there.

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.

You can mythologize Steve Jobs, but really in the end, he was a kid from the Valley, with his funny little friends, and they made something. That's all he was.

I'm a doofus from the Valley, a blue-collar guy.

I am a bit of a Valley girl, so I say 'you know' and 'like' too much.

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I grew up around a lot of Jews. I grew up culturally Jewish, ethnically Jewish, but without real belief and without a strong faith.

Minorities often feel like they are on the outside looking in when it comes to the Valley and tech start-ups in general.

I'm a Valley Girl. You can't get me out of the Valley, I'm still here.

The perception in Silicon Valley is that if you dress well, you couldn't possibly be smart, or you're in P.R. but couldn't possibly run a company. I remember briefly attempting the Adidas and jeans and sweatshirt over T-shirt look, but I realized I was trying to dress like a young tech geek, and that just wasn't me.

There is really an issue in Silicon Valley with companies getting a bit ahead of themselves in terms of their own self-perception of their own success.

I've spent a good part of my life in Silicon Valley, California, and I really like that place.